Please see the guide to what’s on in our local Family Hubs over February half term. I have also included the link to the other Family Hubs in South Tyneside should you wish to attend any of those.
Remember, some of these activities are pre-booking only so contact the phone numbers provided to book before they are full!
As part of our science lessons in ‘Land Ahoy’ we watched a life boat and how it is transported from the garage to the sea. We decided to design and construct our own boat transporter. We worked in teams to design what we would build, made a list of what we would need to complete the task then we worked together to build our transporter. We worked well together discussing our ideas and trialing them then improving them until we were happy with our finished design. We then let our class mates see our design and showed them how it worked. It was amazing and we really showed off our engineering skills!
In P.E this half term we are exploring dance. We loved learning about Paddington from Peru and the rainforest he lived in so we decided that our dance theme was going to be about an explorer in the jungle. We started at home, travelled to the rainforest, set up camp, explored the jungle, made a camp then found a mysterious object. We used our bodies to show the movement and our faces to show the differing expressions. We had great fun moving our bodies in different directions and on different levels.
A group of children in 2 Red stretched and challenged their mathematical brains this week while working out multi-step problems. They worked brilliantly on their new Problem Solving Mats to show what they know, model it and then work it out. Their resilience and effort was fantastic when learning this new way of working.
This week we received a letter from Aunt Lucy all the way from deepest, darkest Peru and she was asking Paddington all about his time in London and with his new family, the Brown’s. We (Paddington) planned our letter and made sure we answered all her questions using subordinating conjunctions and adjectives. I think you will agree that Aunt Lucy is going to be so pleased when she receives our replies!
Last week we had a visit from Reverend Ian from St John’s church. He talked about when you get a gift and how you have to look after it. People believe we are a gift from God. It is also believed that light is a gift from God and that it is good. He then discussed light, such as the sun and the moon. How the sun affects seasons and how the moon affects the sea. After that Reverend Ian said that we shine a light and we need to shine our light on others. He asked the children how we could brighten up someone’s day? Some suggestions were play with your friends, share, give someone a hug, make someone laugh and be kind to everyone. Finally, he shared a prayer about our school.
2 Red have returned to school refreshed and ready to learn! We hit the ground running in our new Learning Means the World theme, Paddington’s Passport, to find out all about the country of Peru.
We used our ever-improving teamwork skills to make group posters to display in our class.
In our new theme Paddington’s Passport we have been looking at the country of his birth, Peru. We decided to make a poster to show the Brown’s and other what Peru is like and why it is so special to Paddington. I am sure you’ll want to visit Peru too when you see our informative posters!
We have started our music lessons with Mr. O and we have been looking at quarter and eighth beats. We kept the rhythm and beat going and stayed away form the naughty beat in our competition. We have some great skills at keeping time and listening for the different rhythms.
